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The Agent for British Prisoners of 

 War verj' fortunatelj' residing at 

 Bladensburgh, I have recommend- 

 ed the wounded officers and men to 

 his particular attention, and trust 

 to his being able to effect their ex- 

 change when sufficiently recovered. 



Captain Smith, Assistant Adju- 

 tant General to the troops, who 

 will have the honour to deliver this 

 dispatch, I beg leave to recommend 

 to your Lordship's protection, as 

 an officer of much merit and great 

 promise, and capable of affording 

 any further information that may 

 be requisite. 



Sanguine in hoping for the ap- 

 probation of his Royal Highness tfie 

 Prince Regent, and of his Majesty's 

 Government, as to the conduct of 

 the troops under ray command, 



I have the honour to be, &c. 

 (Signed) 

 Rob. Ross, Major Gen. 



I beg leave to enclose herewith 

 a return of the killed, wounded, 

 and missing, in the action of the 

 24th instant, together with a state- 

 ment of the ordnance, ammunition, 

 and ordnance stores taken from the 

 enemy between the 19th and 25th 

 August, and likewise sketches of 

 the scene of action and of the line 

 of march. 



Return of theKilled, Wounded,and 

 Missing of the Troops under the 

 Command of Major Gen. Ross, 

 in action with the Enemy, on 

 the 24(A At gust, 1814, on the 

 Heights above Bladensburgh. 

 Total — 1 captain, 2 lieutenants, 

 5 Serjeants, 56 rank and file, 10 

 hor>es, killed; 2 lieutenant colo- 

 nels, 1 major, 1 captain, 14 lieute- 

 nants, 2 ensigns, 10 serjeants, 155 

 rank and file, 8 horses, wounded. 

 Return of Ordnance, Ammunition, 

 and Ordnance Stores taken from 



the Enemy by the Army under 



the Command of Major General 



R. Ross, beliceen the \^th and 



Ibth August, 1814. 



Total amount of cannon taken 

 —206. 



500 barrels of powder. 



100,000 rounds of musket-ball 

 cartridge, 



40 barrels of fine grained pow- 

 der. 



A large quantity of ammunition 

 of different natures made up. 



The navy yard and arsenal hav- 

 ing been set on fire by the enemy 

 before they retired, an immense 

 quantity of stores of every descrip- 

 tion was destroyed, of which no 

 account could be taken ; seven or 

 eight very heavy explosions during 

 the night denoted that there had 

 been large magazines of powder. 

 (Signed) 

 V. G. J. Williams, Lieutenant 



Royal Artillery, A. Q. M. 

 N. B. The remains of near 

 20,000 stand of arms were disco- 

 vered, which had been destroyed 

 by the enemy. 



Admiralty-office, Sept. 27, 1814. 



Captain Wainwright of his Ma- 

 jesty's ship Tonnant, arrived this 

 morning at this office with dis- 

 patches from Vice Admiral the 

 Honourable Sir Alexander Coch- 

 rane, K. B. to John Wilson Croker, 

 Esq. of which the following are 

 copies :- — 



Tonnant, in the Patuxent, 

 Sept. 2, 1814. 

 Sir — I have the honoiir to ac- 

 quaint you, for the information of 

 my Lords Commissioners of the 

 Admiralty, of the proceedings of 

 his Majesty's combined sea and 

 land forces since my arrival with 



